House panel backs 35 billion debt limit increase
The Ways and Means Committee tentatively approves a 35 billion rise in the national debt limit, the largest since World War II and 5 billion below Nixon’s request. The panel plans to vote Monday to send the measure to Congress to lift the borrowing cap to 430 billion. Rep Abner Mikva calls Pentagon safeguards against domestic intelligence a framework for continued spying and says he will pursue legislation making military home intelligence gathering a felony.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Nixon
Congress
Illinois
Pentagon
Abner J. Mikva
Army
Nixon pressures unions over wage controls threat
President Nixon backs AFL-CIO construction unions toward a choice between joining a national wage-price stabilization board or facing hard federal controls without labor leaders’ input.
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Miami Beach
Nixon
Afl-Cio
DCU Moves Toward 640 Acre Army Base Site
Deganawidah Cuetzalcoatl University clears initial hurdle in securing a 640 acre former Army base for a school designed for Indians and Mexican-Americans. Grace Thorpe, information officer, hails the bid as a winner, comparing past battles to the present effort.
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SAN Francisco
Deganawidah-Cuetzalcoatl University
Grace Thorpe
Jim Thorpe
DCU
Custer
Filibuster Rule Change Fizzles on First Test Vote
Senators pushing to curb filibusters failed to reach the predicted support in a test vote on proposed rules changes. Even with absentees accounted for, they did not get more than 50 votes to halt a filibuster.
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Washington
Nixon Seeks One Generation Peace Path
President Nixon says he aims to deliver the first full generation of peace in this century. He declares a plan to span a generation and move away from perennial war, addressing Americans in Washington.
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Washington
Nixon
Alaska Pipeline Faces Likely Approval After Hearings
Washington AP reports that over 100 witnesses agreed a trans-Alaska oil pipeline will be built. Supporters were few at hearings this week but may grow in a second Alaska round. The project is valued at about 1 billion dollars.
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Washington
Alaska
Big Moon Rock Unveiled at Houston Exhibition
In Houston AP reports the largest lunar fragment ever seen on Earth was shown to cheering scientists. Apollo 14 moonwalkers Alan B. Shepard Jr and Edgar D Mitchell retrieved the rock about the size and weight of a bowling ball from a plastic bag, thrilling observers.
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Houston
Earth
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D.mitchell
Diplomat's Car Set Afire Near Washington
An early morning fire damaged a Russian diplomat's car in a Silver Spring Maryland neighborhood just north of Washington. No injuries were reported.
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Washington
Silver Spring
Food Prices To Increase Hit Households Says Hardin
Secretary of Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin told the Senate Economic Committee that housewives face higher food prices this year. He noted the average family spends 16.7 percent of income on food, a remarkable figure, while farmers earn about 78 percent of nonfarm wages, with many relying on off farm jobs.
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Washington
Clifford M. Hardin
Hardin
Senate
House Economic Committee
O'Brien urges reform to open 1972 Democratic nominating process
Washington AP report on Lawrence F. O'Brien urging the Democratic National Committee to approve reforms. He called for an open process to end stagnation alleged under Nixon and said the 110 member committee meeting marks the start of recapturing national leadership.
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Washington
Lawrence F. O’brien
Democratic National Committee
O’brien
United States
Egypt Presses for Peace or Territory With Israel
Egypt warned it will not concede on peace with Israel and challenged Tel Aviv to reveal if it seeks peace or land. An Al Ahram editorial said Egypt could choose fighting if Israel wants territory, while signaled no immediate attack before the cease fire ends. Sources say Egypt would press for a Sinai return in a peace treaty.
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Associated Press
Egypt
Israel
al Ahram
Mohammed Hassanein Heikal
Sinai Desert
Guzman Nabbed After Dallas Apartment Siege
More than 60 federal state and local authorities surrounded an East Dallas apartment early today in a large joint operation. Police said the arrest targeted Guzman on charges tied to a multi agency case with no injuries reported.
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Dallas, Tex
East Dallas
Rene Adolpho Guzman
Guzman
Leonard Ramos Lopez
San Jacinto
Lopez
Parkland Hospital
Dallas
Ellis
Trinity River
Clarence Jones
Robert Dixon
Dallas Police Department
Policia
Jones
Justice of the Peace
Tom Naylor
Angie Rojo Hernan
Dez
Mary Alice Rosales
Miss Hernandez
Miss Rosales
Ed C. Duncan
Moises Zuniga Guzman
Rene
Moises Guzman
Donnie Reese
Rockwell
Sam Infante
Irving
A.J. Robertson
Waxahachie
Littlefield
Tex
Postal Service weighs own planes to ease mail delays
Cutbacks in airline service drive the Postal Service to study buying or leasing cargo planes for long distance mail. Assistant Postmaster General William Hargrove cites overnight bag holds and day delays from late night flights as problems. The act authorizes operating planes, but economics are not favorable.
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Washington
U.S. Postal Service
Asst
William Hargrove
Hargrove
Postal Service
Postal Service Authority
Air Transport Association
Airlines
Heavy North Vietnamese Attack Hits Laotian Base Along Ho Chi Minh Trail
U S sources report a major North Vietnamese assault on a South Vietnamese artillery base inside Laos near the Ho Chi Minh trail. The fighting, using mortars rockets and artillery, halted helicopter relief and left 86 wounded with a missing crewman while North Vietnamese positions remain well hidden.
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Saigon
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U.S
Hoang Xuan Lam
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
Highway 9
Sepone
Route 9
Lao Bao
Loas
Krenwinkel testifies confessing Tate LaBianca slayings
Patricia Krenwinkel described in court the Tate murder and next-night LaBianca killing with vivid details. She said she stabbed Abigail Folger and Sharon Tate and carved War on LaBianca. She denied Manson's involvement and noted shared LSD drunkenness with Atkins Watson and Kasabian.
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Linda Deutsch
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Patricia Krenwinkel
Sharon Tate
Abigail Folger
Actress Tate
Leno LaBianca
LaBianca
Charles Manson
Susan Atkins
Miss Tate
Malibu
Manson
Leslie van Houten
Miss Krenwinkel
Miss Atkins
Charles
Tex
Watson
Linda Kasabian
Miss Folger
Sadie
Katie
Miss van Houten
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